Prep Baseball Report

Prep Baseball Dakotas Recruiting Overview: Class of 2026


Dayne McNaughton
Upper Midwest

Dakotas - As the 2025 year comes to an end, we look at the state of the class of 2026 and their college commitments. So far, 50 players from North Dakota and South Dakota have made their commitments to schools. While many players have already intended to play at the next level, there remain a handful of uncommitted players on the board

DIVISION 2026 COMMITMENTS 2025 COMMITMENTS
I 3 6
II 13 12
III 3 3
NJCAA 16 18
NAIA 15 18

+ Full Commitment List

DAKOTA'S TOP 10

The Dakotas' top 10 list includes three players with Divison 1 commitments: North Dakota State landed a pair (Kyler Kudrna and Hudson Dinger) while Nebraska tapped one (Wyatt Reeder). Iowa Central signed two as well (Alex Seaver and Jack Samuelson). 

NCAA DIVISION I

RANK SCHOOL COMMITS
1 North Dakota State 2
2 Nebraska 1

NCAA DIVISION II

RANK SCHOOL COMMITS
1 University of Jamestown 4
2 Northern State 3
3 University of Mary 2
4 Augustana (SD) 1
^ Sioux Falls 1
^ Southwest Minnesota State 1

NCAA DIVISION III

RANK SCHOOL COMMITS
1 Concordia College-Moorhead 1
^ Hamline University

1

^ St John's University 1

NJCAA 

RANK SCHOOL COMMITS
1 Alexandria Tech 3
^ Iowa Central 3
2 DCTC 2

NAIA 

RANK SCHOOL COMMITS
1 Dakota State 5
2 Northwestern College (IA) 2

HIGH SCHOOLS

Which high schools are sending their players to the next level?